# History of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly

The Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly, also known as the Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha, is a unicameral governing and law making body of Uttarakhand, one of the 28 states of India. It is seated at Dehradun, the winter capital, and Gairsain, the summer capital of Uttarakhand. The total strength of the assembly is 70 Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA).

## Seats

Between 2002 and 2020, Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly had 71 seats, including one reserved seat for the member of Anglo-Indian community that was abolished on 25 January 2020 by the 104th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2019, reducing the strength of Assembly from 71 to 70 seats.

## 2016 Assembly suspension

Starting March 2016, Indian state of Uttarakhand underwent a political crisis. The Indian National Congress Chief Minister Harish Rawat replaced Vijay Bahuguna as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand on 2014. After a political crisis in 2016, the President's rule was imposed ending his tenure as the Chief Minister when 9 rebel Congress MLAs withdrew their support to the Harish Rawat government. On 13 July 2016, Uttarakhand High Court lifted the President's rule and reinstated the Harish Rawat government. Next day the Supreme Court of India stayed the High Court's order and the President's rule was imposed again that lasted till May. In May, Harish Rawat government was once again reinstalled and the rebel MLAs were suspended by the Speaker on the grounds of defection.

## Electionwise composition of Assembly

Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly year-wise election results :
| Party | Party | Year | Year | Year | Year | Year |
| Party | Party | 2022 Elections | 2017 Elections | 2012 Elections | 2007 Elections | 2002 Elections |
| | Bahujan Samaj Party | 02 | – | 03 | 08 | 07 |
| | Bharatiya Janata Party | 47 | 57 | 31 | 35 | 19 |
| | Indian National Congress | 19 | 11 | 32 | 21 | 36 |
| | Nationalist Congress Party | – | – | – | – | 01 |
| | Uttarakhand Kranti Dal | – | – | 01 | 03 | 04 |
| | Independent | 02 | 02 | 03 | 03 | 03 |
| Total Seats | Total Seats | 70 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 70 |

### List of Assemblies

The following is the list of all the Uttarakhand Legislative Assemblies
| Assembly | Election Year | Speaker | Chief Minister | Party | Opposition Leader | Party |
| Interim Assembly | N/A | Prakash Pant | Nityanand Swami (2000–01) | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vacant | N/A |
| Interim Assembly | N/A | Prakash Pant | Bhagat Singh Koshyari (2001–02) | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vacant | N/A |
| 1st Assembly | 2002 | Yashpal Arya | Narayan Datt Tiwari | Indian National Congress | Bhagat Singh Koshyari (2002–03) | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1st Assembly | 2002 | Yashpal Arya | Narayan Datt Tiwari | Indian National Congress | Matbar Singh Kandari (2003–07) | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2nd Assembly | 2007 | Harbans Kapoor | Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri (2007–09) | Bharatiya Janata Party | Harak Singh Rawat | Indian National Congress |
| 2nd Assembly | 2007 | Harbans Kapoor | Ramesh Pokhriyal (2009–11) | Bharatiya Janata Party | Harak Singh Rawat | Indian National Congress |
| 2nd Assembly | 2007 | Harbans Kapoor | Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri (2011–12) | Bharatiya Janata Party | Harak Singh Rawat | Indian National Congress |
| 3rd Assembly | 2012 | Govind Singh Kunjwal | Vijay Bahuguna (2012–14) | Indian National Congress | Ajay Bhatt | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 3rd Assembly | 2012 | Govind Singh Kunjwal | Harish Rawat (2014–17) | Indian National Congress | Ajay Bhatt | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 4th Assembly | 2017 | Premchand Aggarwal | Trivendra Singh Rawat (2017–21) | Bharatiya Janata Party | Indira Hridayesh (2017–21) | Indian National Congress |
| 4th Assembly | 2017 | Premchand Aggarwal | Tirath Singh Rawat (2021) | Bharatiya Janata Party | Indira Hridayesh (2017–21) | Indian National Congress |
| 4th Assembly | 2017 | Premchand Aggarwal | Pushkar Singh Dhami | Bharatiya Janata Party | Pritam Singh (2021–22) | Indian National Congress |
| 5th Assembly | 2022 | Ritu Khanduri Bhushan | Pushkar Singh Dhami | Bharatiya Janata Party | Yashpal Arya | Indian National Congress |